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The dialogue of civilizations in the birth of modern science / Arun Bala.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.Edition: 1st Palgrave pbk. edDescription: xii, 230 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780230609792 (pbk.)
  • 0230609791 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 509
LOC classification:
  • Q 125 B171d 2008
Contents:
Introduction -- Why did modern science not develop in civilization X? -- The Eurocentric history of science -- Multicultural histories of science -- Towards a thematic approach to multicultural history -- What made the Renaissance in Europe? -- The narrow Copernican revolution -- The Alhazen optical revolution -- The modern atomic revolution -- Integrating Hellenic and Indian traditions -- Universal mathematical laws in a mechanical universe -- Fusing solar and stellar cosmologies -- The wider Copernican revolution -- Contrasting competitive plausibility.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) Q 125 B171d 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000081388

Originally published: 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Why did modern science not develop in civilization X? -- The Eurocentric history of science -- Multicultural histories of science -- Towards a thematic approach to multicultural history -- What made the Renaissance in Europe? -- The narrow Copernican revolution -- The Alhazen optical revolution -- The modern atomic revolution -- Integrating Hellenic and Indian traditions -- Universal mathematical laws in a mechanical universe -- Fusing solar and stellar cosmologies -- The wider Copernican revolution -- Contrasting competitive plausibility.

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